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 Table 2. Summary of literature review (Ordered by year of publication)

                                                                 Primary outcomes (Taken
 Publication   Number of  Age cohort
 Author  year  Study design  Journal  patients  (Adult/Pediatric/Both)  %TBSA  Comparator  as first-listed outcome if no
                                                                 primary outcome stated)
 [21]
 Tapking et al.  2024  Retrospective   Journal of Clinical  175  Adult  > 10%  BTM + Meek vs. BTM + meshed graft  BTM take rate in burns > 10%;
 cohort study  Medicine                                          STSG take rate
 [5]
 Craft-coffman et al.  2024  Case series  Burns Open  15  Both  > 50%  /  Combined CEA + Meek take rate
 [14]
 Subramaniam et al.  2023  Case report  Polish Annals of   1  Pediatric  52%  /  % take rate
 Medicine
 [1]
 Mishra et al.  2022  Case series  Burns Open  11  Adult  < 20%  Tanner meshed graft  Operative time
 [25]
 Noureldin et al.  2022  Randomized   Burns  40  Pediatric  5%-40%  Meshed SSG  Observer scar assessment at
 study                                                           three months
 [9]
 Hu et al.  2021  Case series  Journal of Burn   121  Adult  35%-76%  Poor skin quality group vs. good skin   Evaluate the impact of pre-op
 Care & Research            quality                              PNI on Meek prognosis
 [8]
 Gao et al.  2021  Case report  Journal of Burn   1  Adult  91%  /  Time to burn wound healing
 Care & Research
 [2]
 Zhang et al.  2021  Case series  Journal of Burn   83  Adult  45.9%-82% Poor skin quality group vs. good skin   Factors impacting Meek survival
 Care & Research            quality                              rate
 [15]
 Wu et al.  2021  Retrospective   Annals of Plastic  24  Both  > 40%  CEA, Re-Cell, tanner mesh  Duration of hospitalization
 cohort study  Surgery
 [6]
 Dahmardehei et al.  2020  Retrospective   World Journal of  20  Adult  > 20%  /  Rate of graft rejection
 cohort study  Plastic Surgery
 [22]
 Zajicek et al.  2020  Case report  Journal of Wound  1  Pediatric  90%  Multi modalities. majority of TBSA   Time to burn wound healing
 Care                       covered with Integra - subsequent    s
                            comparison between Integra + Meek vs.
                            Integra + meshed STSG
 [32]
 Houschyar et al.  2019  Case series  Plastic Surgery  12  Adult  31%-77%  /  Mean length of stay
 [23]
 Lee and Halim  2019  Retrospective   Burns  43  Both  10%-40%  SSG  Mean % graft take
 cohort study
 [24]
 Lee et al.  2018  Case series  Burn Surgery and  12  Pediatric  15%-75%  /  Mean % graft take
 Research
 [7]
 Gao et al.  2017  Retrospective   Retrospective   105  Adult  60%-98%   Stamp graft; microskin grafting  % skin graft survival rate
 cohort study  Cohort Study  with FT >
               20%
 [26]
 Rode et al.  2017  Case series  Burns  35  Pediatric  15%-86%   /  Mean length of stay
               (49% mean)
 [20]
 Almodumeegh et al.  2016  Case series  International   67  Adult  65% (50%- /  Graft viability post-op day 7-10
 Wound Journal  87%)
 [31]
 Medina et al.  2016  Case series  Burn Care &   10  Adult  68%  /  Mean % TBSA requiring
 Research                                                        regrafting post Meek application
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